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Stats… Stats… Stats… in 2003, with his music featured all day. Specialists and advocates The new single by Kurt Vile, “Loading Zones,” which he debuted at a will share ways to support ourselves, friends and family who may Boulder Late Night Lounge, springs to the top of the Most Added list suffer mental health issues…WXPN /Philadelphia will hold its annual with 17 new adds. The Marcus King Band’s Carolina Confessions 5K Run for Musicians On Call on Sunday, October 7 ,2018, to help scores 16 adds to land in second, followed by Come Tomorrow from bring live music to patients in the hospital. The course runs through Dave Matthews Band, putting 13 adds on the board. Finally, Eric Penn Park at the University of Pennsylvania. This year’s event Lindell and Cat Power each garner 11 adds to tie for the last slot. features a separate one-mile course exclusively for walkers. The It may be a holiday weekend, but there are still a few records event begins at 8 a.m.- 11 a.m., with the run starting at 8:30 a.m... to consider, including “Summer’s End” by John Prine and Ruston WYMS/Milwaukee will participate in Milwaukee’s third annual Strange Kelly’s “Mockingbird.” The full list of impacting records will always be Fruit Festival, re-igniting conversations between all communities in found on the Available For Airplay page of the Triple A format room at the city while enjoying music from local bands. The Festival’s name FMQB.com. is a tribute to Billie Holiday’s anti-lynching song “Strange Fruit.” The festival runs from Wednesday, August 29 through Sunday, September WRLT’s Live On The Green 2018 Finale 2, at various locations around the city. WRLT/Nashville’s free Live On The Green 2018 will present its final show on Labor Day Weekend. The festival starts Thursday, August Republic Names Gryn SVP Marketing 30 through Saturday, September 1. Artists scheduled to perform Republic Records advances Donna Gryn to Senior Vice President include Jimmy Eat World, X Ambassadors, Dispatch, Cold War of Marketing – as announced by EVP, General Manager Jim Kids, Trampled By Turtles, The Wood Brothers, Dr. Dog, Wild Roppo. Over the past six years, she has proven instrumental to the Feathers, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, Mt. Joy, ZZ Ward, Lissie, success of myriad artists on the extensive Republic roster. Among Rayland Baxter, Natalie Prass, Larkin Poe, Rosco & Etta and those successes, she augmented the rise of Ariana Grande into a many more. In addition, a Kid’s Fest will make its fifth appearance at multiplatinum force, fostered Hailee Steinfeld’s transformation from Live On The Green, with Mr. Steve, The Music Man, who will lead Academy Award-nominated actress into multiplatinum Pop star, the kid’s festivities Saturday, September 1, from Noon through 12:30 and guided Julia Michaels from a sought-after behind-the-scenes p.m. on the 615 Stage. songwriter to a Grammy Award-nominated multiplatinum record breaker. Additionally, she’s leading the marketing campaign for the Willobee Honored, NV89 Joins Panel legendary Rod Stewart’s forthcoming album Blood Red Roses. Congratulations are due Willobee Carlan, PD of NV89 (KVNV/ About the promotion, Mr. Roppo comments, “Donna is Reno), who was recently inducted into the Nevada Broadcasters the consummate leader. Her vision, foresight, and tenacity have Hall of Fame to honor his 30+years in radio. Almost as part of the galvanized the careers of countless artists. She consistently positions celebration, Non-Comm NV89 will join the FMQB Triple A panel the our acts ahead of the zeitgeist and at the forefront of an ever-evolving reporting week of September 10/11. marketplace by way of inventive strategy and inimitable insight. It’s an honor to laud and celebrate her work with this promotion.” Triple A News Bites “I’m lucky to work with such a smart, loyal, and brilliant team WFUV/New York will begin rewinding decades of songs ranging from led by Jim and Monte and Avery Lipman. They encourage open 1968-1998, in day-long flashbacks with songs of that particular year, dialogue and innovative ideation. That environment enables us to curated by WFUV deejays. This feature will take place on the last constantly strive for more together as a family,” says Gryn. four Thursdays of the summer, beginning on August 30. Music from Gryn joined the Republic Records team in 2012 as Sr. Director The Band to Blondie to Beastie Boys, plus hit singles, deep tracks, of Marketing before becoming Vice President of Marketing in 2016. and seminal albums are featured... WFPK/Louisville marks the 20th She notably received recognition among Billboard’s coveted “40 anniversary of the XO album by Elliott Smith, who took his own life under 40” in 2014. Previously, she held executive positions at Polo
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Grounds Music, Virgin Records, and Star Trak Entertainment in The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter. addition to consulting for Epic Records. Gryn began her career in The sales of Scripps’ radio stations total $83.5 million, and 2001, becoming an assistant at Roc-a-Fella Records. the group’s 2017 segment profit was $11.6 million. The company announced in January its intent to sell its portfolio of 34 radio stations Pittman, Field Headline Radio Show Session in eight markets. Scripps already had announced the sale of five iHeartMedia Chairman and CEO Bob Pittman and Entercom radio stations in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to Griffin Communications; Chairman, President and CEO David Field will discuss game- two Milwaukee-based radio stations to Good Karma Brands; changing data and analytic applications and opportunities for radio and eight stations in Boise, Idaho, and Tucson, Arizona, to Lotus during a session titled “Data U – A 101 on Data” on September 25 Communications Corp. at the Radio Show in Orlando. The discussion will be moderated “SummitMedia’s focus on growth in the radio industry make by MSNBC Anchor Stephanie Ruhle. The Radio Show is held it a good home for these stations,” said Adam Symson, Scripps September 25-28 and is produced by the Radio Advertising Bureau president and CEO. “With Summit, these stations will be able to fully (RAB) and the National Association of Broadcasters. live out their mission of informing and entertaining local audiences. RAB President and CEO Erica Farber and NAB Executive “With our sale of these 19 stations, Scripps has completed the Vice President of Industry Affairs and Special ProjectsSteve sale of our entire radio station group. This is a significant milestone Newberry will open the session with a primer on how broadcasters toward executing our strategy to divest of non-core assets, improve can collect and use existing data to discover how listener preferences near-term operating performance and focus on the growth ahead.” are changing and gain insight on how best to position, program, “We are very excited to welcome the Scripps teams in Wichita, market and sell radio. The duo will also demonstrate some of the Springfield, Omaha and Knoxville into the SummitMedia family,” said tools available to capitalize on research to grow listeners and Carl Parmer, SummitMedia LLC chairman and CEO. “Together, we revenue. are very confident we can inspire our audiences, serve each of our individual communities and create value for our clients.” Scripps Finalizes Sales The E.W. Scripps Company has reached an agreement to sell its Jon Borris Joins Republic last group of 19 radio stations in four markets to SummitMedia LLC Republic Records has announced that Jon Borris has been for $47 million. This is the fourth and final transaction in the sale of named Senior Vice President, Promotion for the Big Machine Scripps’ radio assets. Label Group artists under the groundbreaking strategic alliance between BMLG and Republic. These artists include global superstar SummitMedia LLC is purchasing: Taylor Swift, multi-platinum chart-topping duo Florida Georgia Line and more. Borris will be based in New York at the Republic • KFDI (101.3 FM), KICT (95.1 FM), KFXJ (104.5 FM), KYQQ (106.5 headquarters. Borris joins BMLG/Republic Records from Sony Music FM) and KFTI (1070 AM) in Wichita, Kansas; Entertainment where he most recently headed Pop Promotion for Columbia Records. He spent the past 19 years promoting top acts • KTTS (94.7 FM), KSPW (96.5 FM), KSGF (104.1 FM and 1260 AM) on Columbia Records and Epic Records such as Adele, Beyoncé, and KRVI (106.7 FM) in Springfield, Missouri; John Mayer, Calvin Harris, Shakira, Jennifer Lopez, One Direction, The Chainsmokers, and several other GRAMMY Award- • KEZO (92.3 FM), KSRZ (104.5 FM), KQCH (94.1 FM), KKCD winning acts. In 2015, Borris was named one of Billboard’s 40 Under (105.9 FM) and ESPN station KXSP (590 AM) in Omaha, Nebraska 40: Music’s Top Young Power Players. Big Machine Label Group and Republic Records first joined forces in 2007. The two powerhouse • WWST (102.1 FM), WCYQ (100.3 FM), WKHT (104.5 FM) and labels’ collective crossover efforts have propelled the careers of Swift, WNOX (931. FM) in Knoxville, Tennessee. Florida Georgia Line, and many others.
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Keep Checking FMQB.com For More Information propro.the Triple A magazine. qbqb August 29, 2018 (856) 424-9114 • fax: (856) 424-6943 • www.fmqb.com • [email protected] • [email protected] TRIPLE A E-ADVANCE PUBLIC BREAKOUT TOP 50 TRACKS LW TW Artist Album/Title Label TW LW LW TW Artist Song/Track Title Label TW LW 1 1* Death Cab For Cutie Thank You For Today Atlantic 460 435 1 1* Death Cab For Cutie Gold Rush Atlantic 1220 1212 3 2* Paul McCartney Egypt Station Capitol 393 367 2 2* Tom Petty Keep A Little Soul Reprise 1050 982 2 3 Gorillaz The Now Now Warner Bros. 379 410 4 3* Leon Bridges Beyond Columbia 915 870 4 3* Leon Bridges Good Thing Columbia 379 366 3 4* Nathaniel Rateliff &… A Little Honey Stax/CMG 898 894 5 5* Elvis Costello & The Imposters Look Now Concord/CMG 342 320 5 5* Decemberists Sucker’s Prayer Capitol 773 763 6 6* Tom Petty An American Treasure Reprise 326 316 6 6* Paul McCartney Come On To Me Capitol 761 721 8 7 Neko Case Hell-On Anti- 291 306 14 7* Revivalists All My Friends Loma Vista/CMG 746 581 10 8* St. Paul & the Broken Bones Young Sick Camelia Records 281 264 8 8* Gorillaz Humility Warner Bros. 715 713 7 9 Courtney Barnett Tell Me How You Really Feel Mom + Pop 268 315 11 9* Amos Lee No More Darkness… Dualtone 670 663 11 10 Lake Street Dive Free Yourself Up Nonesuch 254 259 13 10* St. Paul & the Broken Bones Apollo Records 640 585 12 10* Amos Lee My New Moon Dualtone 254 251 15 11* Elvis Costello & The Imposters Unwanted Number Concord/CMG 630 569 9 12 Rayland Baxter Wide Awake ATO 246 265 12 11 Record Company Life To Fix Concord/CMG 630 646 17 13* White Denim Performance City Slang 236 223 9 13 Alice Merton Lash Out Mom + Pop 616 692 12 14 Jungle For Ever XL 229 251 17 14* Passenger Hell Or High Water Nettwerk 565 543 16 15* Father John Misty God’s Favorite Customer Sub Pop 228 226 19 15* Muse Something Human Warner Bros. 556 516 14 16 Decemberists I’ll Be Your Girl Capitol 210 232 39 16* Elle King Shame RCA 545 268 18 17 Dawes Passwords HUB 205 213 16 17 John Mayer New Light Columbia 543 565 22 17* Shakey Graves Can’t Wake Up Dualtone 205 200 18 18 Rayland Baxter Casanova ATO 520 531 21 19 Boz Scaggs Out Of The Blues Concord/CMG 199 204 6 19 Dave Matthews Band Samurai Cop (Oh Joy Begin) RCA 491 721 25 20* Israel Nash Lifted Independent/Thirty Tigers 198 192 10 20 Florence & The Machine Hunger Republic 485 678 20 21 Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Tearing At The Seams Stax/CMG 197 205 22 21* Dennis Lloyd Nevermind Independent 458 453 26 22* Jayhawks Back Roads and… Legacy 196 191 21 22 Jungle Happy Man XL 430 460 24 23 Alejandro Escovedo The Crossing Yep Roc 193 196 26 23* Portugal. The Man Tidal Wave Atlantic 428 402 19 24 Record Company All Of This Life Concord/CMG 191 212 24 23* Lovelytheband Broken Independent 428 426 15 25 Florence & The Machine High As Hope Republic 187 229 20 25 Bastille Quarter Past Midnight Capitol 413 498 D 26* Cat Power Wanderer Domino 185 35 32 26* Jade Bird Uh Huh Glassnote 407 309 27 27 Lord Huron Vide Noir Republic 184 189 36 27* Flora Cash You’re Somebody Else Independent 386 277 28 28 Amanda Shires To The Sunset Independent/Thirty Tigers 182 185 27 28 Mondo Cozmo Tonight Tonight Republic 384 390 23 28 Dave Matthews Band Come Tomorrow RCA 182 199 28 29 George Ezra Shotgun Columbia 377 381 D 30* Elle King Single Only-Elle King RCA 181 99 23 30 Arctic Monkeys Four Out Of Five Domino 349 430 43 31* Iron & Wine Weed Garden Sub Pop 175 135 48 31* Mt. Joy Jenny Jenkins Dualtone 326 236 32 32* War and Treaty Healing Tide Independent/Thirty Tigers 170 161 30 32 Sheryl Crow Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You Independent 325 344 38 33* Phosphorescent C’est La Vie Dead Oceans 168 144 29 33 Courtney Barnett Charity Mom + Pop 324 355 30 34 M. Ward What a Wonderful Industry Independent 165 168 33 34* King Princess 1950 Columbia 323 289 46 35* Revivalists Single Only-Revivalists Loma Vista/CMG 163 129 34 35 Greta Van Fleet When The Curtain Falls Republic 322 288 31 36 Shemekia Copeland America’s Child Alligator 162 166 24 36 Rainbow Kitten Surprise Fever Pitch Elektra/Atlantic 312 426 40 36* Jade Bird Single Only-Jade Bird Glassnote 162 139 46 37* Brett Dennen Here’s Looking at You, Kid Downtown 310 246 D 38* DeVotchKa This Night Falls Forever Concord/CMG 156 113 38 38* Shakey Graves Mansion Door Dualtone 300 273 34 39* Sheryl Crow Single Only-Sheryl Crow Independent 155 151 31 39 Lord Huron Never Ever Republic 290 330 D 39* Kurt Vile Single Only-Kurt Vile Matador 155 27 46 40* Roscoe & Etta Broken Headlights Crooked Crown 279 246 48 41* Mitski Be the Cowboy Dead Oceans 152 120 D 41* Phosphorescent New Birth in New England Dead Oceans 264 217 29 42 Arctic Monkeys Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino Domino 149 179 41 42 M. Ward Miracle Man Independent 261 261 36 42* Interpol Marauder Matador 149 148 D 43* Kurt Vile Loading Zones Matador 251 0 33 44 Ray LaMontagne Part Of The Light RCA 145 154 45 44 White Denim It Might Get Dark City Slang 247 254 34 45 Alice Merton No Roots Mom + Pop 135 151 D 45* Imagine Dragons Natural KidinaKorner/Interscope 245 205 42 45 Mikaela Davis Delivery Rounder/CMG 135 136 48 46* Snow Patrol Empress Republic 242 236 37 47 Jim James Uniform Distortion ATO 130 146 D 46* Cat Power Woman Domino 242 78 43 48 Cowboy Junkies All That Reckoning Latent 125 135 D 48* Neko Case Last Lion Of Albion Anti- 241 215 D 49* Maggie Rogers Single Only-Maggie Rogers Capitol 123 104 D 49* DeVotchKa Straight Shot Concord/CMG 237 210 D 50* Greta Van Fleet Single Only-Greta Van Fleet Republic 121 112 50 50* Blues Traveler Accelerated Nation BMG 235 225